A small, uninhabited town in Texas has been sold on the internet auction site, eBay, to a buyer in Italy for a little over $3m (£1.45m).

Buddhi Yoga is considered by most spiritual seekers as the highest form of yoga and is translated as “the yoga of consciousness”. Buddhi Yoga represents a structure of techniques and methods designed to develop one’s consciousnesses, thereby helping the practitioner traverse the stages of sadhana or spiritual practices.

Buddhi Yoga falls within the framework of the sage Patanjali’s “eight-fold path” of the yoga and largely concerns itself with the eighth and final stage.

A reading list and sample essay questions at the end of each chapter enable further independent study. The series also offers an appreciation of multiple perspectives, examines the relationship between psychology and other cognate disciplines and discusses recent developments in each field.

Taking brisk, half-hour walks just six times a month appeared to cut the risk of premature death by 44 percent among twins in a study researchers say is the first to separate the influences of heredity and exercise on longevity.